Per resident, Madison Township records more property crime than two in three U.S. towns
Police counts work out at 1.6 violent crimes and 16.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the rest of Michigan they are 5.4 and 17.5. Overall, it grades C+ for safety (#154 of 266 graded towns in Michigan).
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of MI” is every other Michigan city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Madison Township
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 5 Michigan towns on Madison Township’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Adrian Township (A), Adrian (C−). Dover Township, Palmyra Township and Fairfield Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Madison Township’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Madison Township’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (16.0) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Madison Township | Rest of Michigan | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.5 | 5.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.3 | 5.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.8 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.9 | 5.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Madison Township’s police reported 37 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.6 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.4 in the rest of Michigan and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Madison Township per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Madison Township property | Rest of Michigan property | Madison Township violent | Rest of Michigan violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 23.7 | 18.7 | 1.5 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 17.9 | 19.4 | 1.3 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | 16.0 | 17.4 | 1.8 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 13.8 | 15.6 | 1.9 | 5.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Michigan.
116 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
14 violent and 102 property, as reported to the FBI by Madison Township’s police.
Eight people died in crashes on Madison Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Madison Township had 8 fatal crashes in five years, in which eight people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is more than is typical for Michigan towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (6.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Madison Township’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Madison Township’s own rate (19.9) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Madison Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Township | C+ | 1.6 | 16.0 |
| Adrian | C− | 5.4 | 19.5 |
| Dover Township | — | — | — |
| Adrian Township | A | 0.5 | 2.2 |
| Palmyra Township | — | — | — |
| Fairfield Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Dover Township, Palmyra Township and Fairfield Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Michigan towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Township | C+ | 1.6 | 16.0 |
| St. Louis | B+ | 1.6 | 5.8 |
| Ludington | B− | 2.1 | 9.6 |
| Hastings | C | 3.7 | 15.8 |
| Buena Vista Township | D− | 11.9 | 21.2 |
| Albion | D− | 12.6 | 24.5 |
The five graded Michigan towns closest to Madison Township’s population (7,538), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Madison Township. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Madison Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (7,399 in 2025); our figure for Madison Township is 7,538 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Madison Township
Is Madison Township, MI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Madison Township reports more crime per resident than 59% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #154 of 266 in Michigan. Its police reported 1.6 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.4 in the rest of Michigan and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Madison Township?
1.6 violent and 16.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Michigan reports 5.4 and 17.5; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Madison Township safer than Adrian?
Adrian reports more crime per resident than Madison Township: Adrian grades C− for safety and Madison Township C+. Adrian’s police reported 5.4 violent and 19.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Madison Township?
Madison Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Madison Township”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.